COMEDIAN Chris Lilley has issued an apology after finding himself in the middle of a social media storm over a video he re-posted from 2014 called “Squashed N***a”.

Thousands of Australians — including high-profile indigenous Australians — have taken offence to the clip, posted to the comedian’s Instagram account, as it comes less than a week after the man who ran over and killed indigenous teen Elijah Doughty, 14, was acquitted of manslaughter.

The video that Chris Lilley is being slammed for.Source:Instagram

The 56-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was chasing Elijah on an uneven, boggy track outside of Kalgoorlie in WA on August 29 last year when he ran over and killed the teenager. Elijah was riding on a small dirt bike stolen from the man’s family home.

Amid mass backlash, Lilley issued an apology on Saturday night, explaining his Instagram account is not run by him personally.

“My social media pages are run for me to give fans nostalgic pics or clips from previous TV shows,” his message read.

He wrote the fan-made clip was a remix of a song that appeared on his 2009 ABC series Angry Boys and denied it was in response to the incident involving Elijah Doughty.

“I apologise for any hurt caused by this misinterpretation.”

Lilley releases a response to the backlash.Source:Instagram

Since Lilley re-uploaded the video, thousands have taken to Twitter to condemn the Aussie comedian including indigenous rapper Adam Briggs who wrote, “I know someone who follows me will have Chris Lilley in their contacts — tell him, from me, ‘Chris, go f**k yourself, you tactless gronk”.

Creator of the critically-acclaimed ABC show Cleverman Ryan Griffen also slammed the comedian on Twitter.

In a time where this country is mourning the death of a child run down this cheap excuse of comedy drops. The only joke here is Chris. pic.twitter.com/uLeL0dgbka